My other turned 96 last week and her driver license expired.
She shouldn't be driving as she loses track where she is going or
where she is. I had decided she just needed an ID so we had
an appointment today at the local DMV.
The question was get the Senior ID (for free) or apply for a Real ID
and be able to travel by air next year?
We ended up getting her the Senior ID because she didn't have
a valid birth certificate. She was born on a ranch in Contra Costa,
her baptismal certificate has the wrong names for her parents.
Forty five years ago she got a Certification Of Birth Registration issued
by the State of California - Department of Health.
We were told today that it was not a valid proof of birth.
That we have to travel to Contra Costa to obtain a birth
certificate issue by that county. After that we have to
travel back to Michigan to get a certified copy of a WWI
marriage certificate, and then to Santa Barbara to get
yet another certified marriage license.
I'm sort of amazed the real-ID requirements haven't been
challenged on sexual discrimination grounds, only women have to comply
with most requirements. Whether I am married, divorced, or widowed
doesn't matter when I apply for a Real-ID, I don't need certified copies of
any of those events. I may have to go to Contra Costa for a certified copy
of my birth certificate; I have lived 70 years with invalid copies, no longer legal.
It appears that while I can't get a Real-ID drivers license, I can still get my passport
reissued. Security is now the biggest creature in the swamp...
She shouldn't be driving as she loses track where she is going or
where she is. I had decided she just needed an ID so we had
an appointment today at the local DMV.
The question was get the Senior ID (for free) or apply for a Real ID
and be able to travel by air next year?
We ended up getting her the Senior ID because she didn't have
a valid birth certificate. She was born on a ranch in Contra Costa,
her baptismal certificate has the wrong names for her parents.
Forty five years ago she got a Certification Of Birth Registration issued
by the State of California - Department of Health.
We were told today that it was not a valid proof of birth.
That we have to travel to Contra Costa to obtain a birth
certificate issue by that county. After that we have to
travel back to Michigan to get a certified copy of a WWI
marriage certificate, and then to Santa Barbara to get
yet another certified marriage license.
I'm sort of amazed the real-ID requirements haven't been
challenged on sexual discrimination grounds, only women have to comply
with most requirements. Whether I am married, divorced, or widowed
doesn't matter when I apply for a Real-ID, I don't need certified copies of
any of those events. I may have to go to Contra Costa for a certified copy
of my birth certificate; I have lived 70 years with invalid copies, no longer legal.
It appears that while I can't get a Real-ID drivers license, I can still get my passport
reissued. Security is now the biggest creature in the swamp...